Off Ramp

Adventures and Heartache in the American Elsewhere

By Hank Stuever
(Picador, Paperback, 9780312424886, 320pp.)

Publication Date: June 16, 2005

Other Editions of This Title: Hardcover

Categories: American - General, Popular Culture - General, United States - 20th Century

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Description

In his unique, funny, and haunting reports from "Elsewhere," Hank Stuever records the odd and touching realities of modern life in everyday places. Elsewhere might be revealed in the tract-house adventures of a home-décor reality show, at a discount funeral home in a strip mall, or in the story of an armed man named Honey Bear in the hunt for his beloved but now missing sleeper sofa which he left in a store unit. Off Ramp shows us America through the humorous gaze of Hank Stuever, who finds beauty in the midst of the most unlikely and invisible lives and places.




About the Author

Hank Stuever's work is currently seen in The Washington Post, where he is a staff writer. He has twice been named a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in feature writing and has appeared on Today, MSNBC, and various radio programs. He lives in Washington, D.C.

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